Success Stories: Nebraska Service Center Approves EB-1A Petition for Postdoctoral Appointee in Illinois in the Field of Condensed Matter Physics

Posted by wegreened on August 5, 2016 in EB1 Green Card, Physics (Engineering Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Biophysics, Optics, Photonics, Plasma)

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you so much!”

On April 20^th, 2016, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Field of Condensed Matter Physics (Approval Notice).

General Field: Condensed Matter Physics

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Appointee

Country of Origin: China

Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Illinois

Approval Notice Date: April 20^th, 2016

Processing Time: 21 Days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) recently had the pleasure of helping a Chinese postdoctoral appointee obtain an EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) petition approval. It would have taken the USCIS between 4-9 months to adjudicate our client’s case had he not chosen to upgrade it to Premium Processing a week after we filed it. Exactly 2 weeks after the upgrade, he received notification of case approval.

We were tasked with putting together a strong EB-1A petition on our client’s behalf. One way we did this was by carefully reviewing his research projects and establishing their importance to the United States. Based on what we learned, we determined that our client’s projects on artificial frustrated arrays and artificial topological spin structures enhance artificial spin ice and various other artificial materials used in American industries.

Besides details on his research, our client’s EB-1A petition packet also included data on his Ph.D. in Physics, his 12 publications, the 16 times he conducted peer reviews, and the 240 citations to his work. We also incorporated six recommendation letters offered by other experts in the field. These letters served as evidence that our client’s work is important to other physicists progressing the field of condensed matter physics. According to one of these recommenders: “As our digitized world grows ever more complex and demands technology capable of storing immense amounts of data, [Client’s] work has delivered a method for magnetic nanotechnology to provide increased storage density while reducing power consumption. [Client’s] work is therefore providing the United States with the tools it needs to meet the ever-increasing demands of the digital age.”

We congratulate our client for obtaining an EB-1A petition approval, and we wish him well as he embarks on the final leg of the green card journey: adjusting his status for permanent residency by filing I-485 applications for himself and his dependent(s).

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North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) is a U.S. immigration law firm dedicated to representing corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. states regarding I-140 immigration petitions. We specialize in employment-based immigration petition and have a proven record of high success rate for the categories of: EB2-NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1-B (Outstanding Researcher/Professor) and O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability).

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(2012.01 - 2025.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
	Approval or Refund^®
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	42,047	99%	5,258	97%
EB1A	9,218	91%	4,534	86%
EB1B	1,488	98%	448	93%
Total	52,753	98%	10,240	92%